With three matches remaining, Boothroyd's men sit top of Group B and required just five more points to book their place in the 2019 tournament.

Next up for England, who have not lost a qualifier or play-off match for 32 matches, a run dating back to November 2011, is a trip to second-bottom Latvia on Tuesday.

Boothroyd, who deployed a three-man defence against the Dutch, said: “The fact we didn't get beat and got a point still keeps that distance between us. It makes the jobs a little bit easier than it would have been.